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1. China gives first emergency use approval for a #Covid19 vaccine, allowing CanSino's adenovirus vectored vaccine to be used by the military. There is already evidence this vaccine may not work that well in some people. (see next tweet) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine-idUSKBN2400DZ
2. The Phase 1 trial of the CanSino #Covid19 vaccine showed a problem experts expected was indeed an issue with this vaccine. A lot of people have pre-existing immunity to the adenovirus used as the backbone of this vaccine. They don't get as good a take. https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/22/early-study-of-covid-19-vaccine-developed-in-china-sees-mixed-results/
3. Former @US_FDA head @ScottGottliebMD assesses the thought process behind China's decision to deploy the CanSino #Covid19 vaccine in the military based on data to data: Some protection is better than none. https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1277557432374476812?s=20
4. Another thought on why use China would use the CanSino #Covid19 vaccine in the military from @dho — it could serve as a priming vaccine, followed up by a booster with another vaccine later. https://twitter.com/dho/status/1277593535789793280?s=20
5. And another take, from @mplngr, on why China is green-lighting emergency use of the CanSino #Covid19 vaccine in the military. A Phase 3 by any other name.... https://twitter.com/mplngr/status/1277615767475957760?s=20
